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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/83
Former ReferenceD5459/1/12
Title[Young family sitting down]
Date[1780-1799]
DescriptionA domestic scene of a young family with pets. The husband, wearing breeches, and red and white striped waistcoat blue coat and bag-wig is seated in a chair. In his right hand he is holding a book, which he is reading, and he holds his wife's hand in his left. She is also seated, and wears a pale pink dress and a mobcap with a blue ribbon. She is looking at her husband, and on her lap is seated a small child in a white dress and red shoes. On the floor to the left of the man a tabby cat appears to be grooming a dog.

The scene takes place in a pleasant room. Light shines in through a window on the right of the picture, the walls are painted blue beneath the dado and white above it and the floor is covered in a carpet of what seems to be a Union Jack design. On the wall behind the couple is an oval mirror, on either side of which are allegorical paintings. To the left of the mirror is a picture of Time, standing in a landscape in front of a church. He is crowning two hearts joined by an arrow with a wreath. Below the picture the caption reads: 'Time strengthens our Love'. To the right of the mirror is a picture of a couple seated beneath a tree. The caption reads: 'How sweet the love that meets return'.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationTaken as a whole, the picture appears to be an idealisation of family love.
Physical DescriptionColoured drawing. Size 290 x 250 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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[Young family sitting down]

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